Lawyer Bobby Segall, shown at the first bingo trial, said today as he questioned juror candidates: "We are proud to represent Milton McGregor. The evidence is going to show he is not guilty in this case." (Birmingham New file)

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A prosecutor
told potential jurors in the State House vote-buying trial that they will never
hear the word "bribe" on FBI wiretaps
that recorded the conversations of the defendants.

"You are not
going to hear any recording in which the defendants said anything like, 'I am now offering you a bribe,'
prosecutor Edward T. Kang told a panel of potential jurors in the second day of jury selection.

"Instead,
you will hear things like, 'I support those that support me'," Kang said.

The second
day of jury selection is underway in the case alleging that the defendants
offered and accepted bribes - largely in the form of campaign contributions -
to vote for a bill aimed at legalizing electronic bingo machines.

Jurors in the case will hear recorded conversations in which the defendants talk about "support" and working together.

Kang asked
jurors if in a drug case they would expect to hear explicit conversations
like," I would like to order one kilogram of cocaine for $10,000."

One juror
replied he would. But another said she would expect they would talk in "code."

Prosecutors have maintained the conversations are evidence of bribes in progress. But defense lawyers have accused prosecutors of trying to assign sinister meaning to innocent conversations.